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Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee

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Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentKaran Mahara
Parliamentary ChairpersonYashpal Arya
(Leader of the Opposition)
Founded2000
Headquarters21 Rajpur Road, Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand
Youth wingUttarakhand Youth Congress
Women's wingUttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
Political positionCentre
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 5
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 3
Seats in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
20 / 70
Election symbol
Website
uttarakhandpradeshcongress.com

Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee or Uttarakhand PCC is the state wing of the Indian National Congress (INC) in Uttarakhand.[1] It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. The current president of the Uttarakhand PCC is Karan Mahara. The committee has a significant presence in the state's politics and has been in power in the state several times since its formation in 2000.

Structure and composition

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S.No. Name Designation
1. Kumari Selja AICC Incharge
Uttarakhand
2. Karan Mahara President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
3. Jyoti Rautela President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress
4. Sumittar Bhullar President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Youth Congress
5. Vikas Negi President
Uttarakhand Pradesh NSUI

List of presidents

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S.No. President Portrait Term Ref.
1 Harish Rawat 9 November 2000 October 2007
2 Yashpal Arya October 2007 12 June 2014 [2]
3 Kishore Upadhyaya 13 June 2014 3 May 2017 [3]
4 Pritam Singh 4 May 2017 22 July 2021 [4]
5 Ganesh Godiyal 22 July 2021 10 April 2022 [5]
6 Karan Mahara 10 April 2022 Incumbent [6]

List of chief ministers

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S.No. Portrait Chief Ministers Constituency Term in Office Assembly
(Election)
Ministry Ref(s)
Start End Tenure
1 Narayan Datt Tiwari Ramnagar 2 March 2002 7 March 2007 5 years, 5 days 1st Assembly
(2002)
Tiwari [7]
2 Vijay Bahuguna Sitarganj 13 March 2012 31 January 2014 1 year, 324 days 3rd Assembly
(2012)
Bahuguna [8]
3 Harish Rawat Dharchula 1 February 2014 27 March 2016 2 years, 55 days Rawat
21 April 2016 22 April 2016 1 day
11 May 2016 18 March 2017 311 days
(total 3 years and 2 days)

List of AICC Incharges

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S.no Incharge Portrait Term
1. Ch. Birender Singh
2. Ambika Soni
3. Anugrah Narayan Singh 2 April 2018 11 September 2020 2 years, 162 days
4. Devender Yadav 11 September 2020 24 December 2023 3 years, 104 days
5. Kumari Selja 24 December 2023 Incumbent 315 days

Electoral performance

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Legislative Assembly elections

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Year Legislature Party leader Votes polled Seats won Change in seats Outcome
2002 1st Vidhan Sabha Harish Rawat 769,991
36 / 70
New entry 36 Government
2007 2nd Vidhan Sabha 1,116,511
21 / 70
Decrease 15 Opposition
2012 3rd Vidhan Sabha Yashpal Arya 1,436,042
32 / 70
Increase 11 Government with PDF
2017 4th Vidhan Sabha Kishore Upadhyaya 1,665,664
11 / 70
Decrease 21 Opposition
2022 5th Vidhan Sabha Ganesh Godiyal 2,038,509
19 / 70
Increase 8

Lok Sabha elections

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Year Legislature Party leader Votes polled Seats won Change in seats Outcome
2004 14th Lok Sabha Harish Rawat 1,024,062
1 / 5
New entry 1 Government with UPA
2009 15th Lok Sabha Yashpal Arya 1,354,468
5 / 5
Increase 4
2014 16th Lok Sabha 1,494,440
0 / 5
Decrease 5 Opposition
2019 17th Lok Sabha Pritam Singh 1,520,767
0 / 5
Steady
2024 18th Lok Sabha Karan Mahara 1,564,258
0 / 5
Steady

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Congress in States Archived 3 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine All India Congress Committee website.
  2. ^ Chandramohan, C. K. (11 March 2012). "Uttarakhand suffers due to leadership deficit". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Kishore Upadhyaya is new president of Uttarakhand Congress". Hindustan Times. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Pritam Singh appointed as new Uttarakhand Congress chief". Economic Times. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Outlook, India". Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Congress appoints Karan Mahara as Uttarakhand unit president". The Hindu. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  7. ^ Yadav, Shyamlal (26 February 2022). "Narayan Datt Tiwari, 9th UP CM and first Congress CM of Uttarakhand". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Uttarakhand Portal" (PDF). Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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